Bethany, Ebenezer and the Beast are back and this time, Ebenezer and Bethany are trying to educate the beast into becoming a better creature by vomiting up good things. However, when the beast is left to its own devices, it decides to vomit up all of its worst parts which it successfully does ... and inadvertently creates another beast from this. The beast's 'child' is truly evil and thrives on other people's misery, Bethany's in particular, so when it discovers that Ebenezer has information about Bethany's parents, it decides to use it to its advantage.
I love this series of books and was thrilled when an early copy of Child of The Beast landed on my door mat. It obviously zoomed up my tbr pile and I began reading it in the car whilst waiting for the teenager to finish his cricket match (spoiler alert: the match finished too quickly and the teenager lost!).
I have loved to see the growth of both Bethany and Ebenezer over the course of this series, and it's evident at the beginning of the book that the pair are continuing on this mission (albeit with mixed results). The battle, in particular with Bethany, between being nice and reverting to her default attitude was fun to read but the underlying messages about friendship are evident. Readers will also love the Beast's child: a truly evil creation that appears to have no redeeming qualities - I loved it!
Like the rest of this series, Child of The Beast is a joy to read: deliciously dark and peppered with just the right amount of humour, it is perfectly pitched to entertain readers of all ages whilst also imparting messages on friendship, family and doing good deeds. With wonderful illustrations to enhance the plot, I gobbled up the book and am already desperate to see what the trio get up to next.
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